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Taxonomy
Family:
CHARONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Charoniidae (Family)
> Charonia (Genus)
> lampas (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charonia capax Finlay, 1926
=Charonia lampas lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Charonia rubicunda (Perry, 1811)
=Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811
Images: Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
At low tide, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 184mm. © rights reserved
(rubicunda form) - Off Northland east coast, NZ. 190mm. © rights reserved
(rubicunda form) - From 10 metres off Northland, NZ. 140mm. © rights reserved
In a shallow rock pool at low tide, Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. ~200mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CHARONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Charoniidae (Family)
> Charonia (Genus)
> lampas (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charonia capax Finlay, 1926
=Charonia lampas lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Charonia rubicunda (Perry, 1811)
=Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811
Details: Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Height 310mm, Width 150mm
Distribution:
Worldwide in temperate seas. Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-205m
Type Data:
  • Off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Large Trumpet, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.168)
  • Beu, A.G. 1970 The Mollusca of the Genus Charonia (Family Cymatiidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 11(16) (p.211)
  • Jun/1964 Items of Interest: Charonia capax, Poirieria, 2(2) (p.31)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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